Wickes

Home improvement chain Wickes originally targeted the heavy end of the DIY market and trade sector, but has repositioned itself to appeal to a wider customer base, with a proposition spanning kitchens, bathrooms, paint, flooring, doors and gardening tools. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Wickes and the home and DIY sector.

Wickes

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  • George MacDonald wearing santa hat

    Opinion

    ‘Retail’s 12 gifts of Christmas – and beyond’

    2025-12-19T06:30:00+00:00By

    From keeping the cost of living down for customers to support for all sorts of good causes, retailers’ generosity has once again been unstinting this year. Christmas is the busiest time for retailers, but it’s also an appropriate moment to reflect on the industry’s invaluable role as a force for good.

  • Wickes store, Chelmsford

    News

    Wickes staff celebrate £14m return on share scheme

    2025-12-04T11:37:00+00:00By

    Employees of DIY retailer Wickes have more than doubled the value of their investment in a company sharesave scheme that has just matured.

  • Future Leaders collage

    Feature

    Future Leaders 2025 - Who will be the CEOs of the future?

    2025-12-01T06:30:00+00:00By

    Meet 20 of UK retail’s most promising leaders-in-waiting. Every individual on our list has the talent, drive and passion to make it to the top, and they’re going to need it if they want to succeed in an industry dominated by crushing government regulation, devastating cyberattacks, harrowing tales of abuse from the shop floor and more. Here are British retail’s future chief executives, but who would want to be one? 

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